Transitioning To College Class Analysis

Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen, and Bonnie Lisle in their book “Rereading America” feel that commencing college is a very disturbing experience. So many things we have to deal while starting college, but the major challenges are expanded difficulty levels and higher expectation which we are not familiar over the years of high school. In order to solve this issue, we have to remodel ourselves by taking up the challenge and rethink about our strength and flaws. To succeed in college we need to be mentally strong and dedicated towards our goal.

I can’t believe my first college semester is almost over. Key word is “almost” because the weeks following thanksgiving break will be critical for me. Even though it’s almost over, I must finish strong. I wouldn’t want all my hard work to go to waste. All the A’s that I earned so far must remain A’s for me in order for me to be happy with my academic performance. These next 3 weeks are going to be hectic, but also relaxing.

In 2006 I started college because it’s what one is supposed to do after High School. It soon matured to, going to college to find myself. Where that meant experiencing a breadth of topics that captivate and inspire me to seek out answers; which hasn’t changed. Every class I took gave me new perspectives where I gained understanding to allow me to be more open, and greater insight. However, the obstacles of still being a teenager, trying to find myself, left me struggling to cope with my studies and every-day life. Forcing me to hit the pause button my student life.

A question frequently heard among students, from elementary to college, is “when will I need to know this?”. No matter the class, there is always someone who believes the course does not pertain to them and is a waste of time and money. Myself, I remember thinking that very same thing of AP Calculus and later Statistics. As someone aspiring for a career in the health sciences, I assumed that a comprehensive education in the various math forms was superfluous. And though I love history, English, and art, I caught myself wondering if I would ever utilize such knowledge beyond that class. What I have realized, however, is that all knowledge gained by an individual can only work to their advantage. Furthermore, I believe that liberal arts courses

College is definitely not for everyone but I chose to go to college to further my education in hope to use it to attain a better job. Going into my first semester of college I was not sure exactly what I wanted to do and still to this day I am on the fence about what exactly it is I want to do. I chose a liberal arts program at OCC rather than going away because of me not knowing what I wanted to do. Going into my second semester it makes sense to me now that college is about getting a better education, but it is also about “figuring out who you are and what you really want to do with your life (PBS). I believe my main purpose for a higher education is to really figure out whom I am and what it is I want out of life. Looking back now for what

I am extremely sorry for my inappropriate actions that negatively affected your ability to run the classroom effectively. I understand you concerns due to the inability of knowing where I was to assure my safety. I apologize for breaking the rules that are in place to keep every student at Vero Beach High School safe and secure. It was very rude of myself to leave the classroom before asking you to complete work in another classroom. It was inappropriate of me to create a disruption and concern in the classroom. I acknowledge my wrongdoings negatively affected you and the school because my location was unknown. I understand that I fall under the rules that are set for the entire school. My actions were extremely juvenile and disrespectful to

Do you remember as you sat in that Simi large class room filled with 28 other students the smell of paper in the air and the sound of your teachers saying “that this was just the stepping stone into your life, your career, and everything you wanted to be when you grew up?” Remember back to when you were in high school allowing your teachers voices to come back to you, remember how it once was; Remember they stressed the importance of grades and attendance, what is your drive for going to school every morning, how did you manage your time whilst on campus? Imagine yourself now an adult in your first year of college coping with the stress of daily life and school, reflecting upon all those

Throughout my first semester at Shasta College my goal was to go above and beyond what was expected for me. I have been exposed to many different types of people who have motivated me to succeed in college. As a result, I deserve an A in my English class due to my persistence, hard work, and regular class attendance. Because this is the first stepping stone on my educational journey, I look forward to using what I have learned from my English class to help me in my future

This course like my entire first semester of university have provided me with both many challenges as well as taught me many lessons not only for my university career, but for the rest of my life. As I reflect back on the semester, I recall telling myself at least once a week that I wanted to drop out of school, followed by many breakdowns, crying fits and calling defeat. The past few months, haven’t been at all easy for me, I have thought many times I wasn’t intelligent enough to be in university, I was disappointed with some of the grades I received and I was constantly engulfed in a swarm of stress. Despite all these tough times, I have had many good one’s as well, I have made new friends which are now integral to my everyday life and I have enhanced my knowledge to a new degree. Some of the many lessons that I’ve already learned in my short university experience include how to manage my time, the importance of meeting deadlines as well as the continuous struggle of balancing the various different facets of life.

Sitting in class for the first time, it was half of what I expected. I expected to sit by people I didn’t know, learn about old things in new lights, and writing a lot of papers. What I didn’t expect was me hating college. I am not as creative as some teaches would like, but that isn’t my personality, and I dint want it to be either. I fully expected college to try and morph me into a perfect little student that I knew I wasn’t. College so far to me hasn’t been fun and I will treat it like Wal-Mart. When I say that, I mean that I will get in and get out as fast as possible. If I pick up stuff along the way then alright, but if I don’t, then it won’t kill me.

This course has changed me in so many ways over the past semester, ways as far as my procrastination and how it’s not good to procrastinate, and me not feeling embarrassed to actually talk about that and say that out loud because I wasn’t the only one in class to raise my hand in doing things at a pace and my time and not always on time. In this course I have learned so much about myself as well the other people in the classroom in different ways, more so than I ever thought I would, and with this knowledge comes a great responsibility. This class has basically taught me a self-evaluation on myself, now I know that sounds weird and unusual of how you can do a self-evaluation on your true self, because you are yourself but when this class first started I only expected to learn the very basics of psychology like the different approaches of psychology like behaviorism, and humanism. Not only did I learn about the essentials of psychology, but I also learned a great deal about myself and my past life experiences. This class has forced me to look deep within myself and confront my psychological demons as far as what am I doing wrong within myself and what do I need to work to get better at.

My first day of my foundation of college success class I was a bit nervous and didn’t know what to expect. Everything happen so quick in the past few days. I was excepted the 3 days before the first day of class, I had to get almost every paper that has something to do with my personal info and health in order to attend school and also didn’t get get a chance to go college shopping. I was the last person to enroll for classes, my advisor told me I belice it was maditory for all freshmens to take a fcs class there first semester. My first day of classes the first thing I honestly thought about was im not in a school filled with friends im going to be sitting in a class filled with people I never met before so I was abit axious. I thought my professor was a bit crazy, she was very energetic hopping around class. As the weeks go by I started getting use to her teaching style she reminded me off my high school U.S history teacher Mr. Costello. Theres teaching style Is sot of similar. No matter whats the topic they’re teaching they know how to connect to their students and want their students to actually learn instead of the information going 1 ear out the other.

When I went in to pick my classes for my first semester at college I was super excited. Then they told me there was a mandatory class that all incoming first time in college students had to take. I rolled my eyes and sighed as they described the class to me. I would have to participate in school events, and had to go to the support center, and do things that I thought were going to be the big waste of my time. On the first day of class, we learned about the different topics that we were going to cover, and also about the assignments that we had to do throughout the semester. Even though I wasn’t too thrilled about the G.P.S assignment, I was even more scared about the final essay. I thought I wasn’t going to learn anything, and that I was going to have to struggle to write this final essay. Now that we are wrapping up the semester I can honestly say that my college education has benefited from taking this class. I have learned so much more than I thought I was going to learn. The things that I took the most out of were the financial literacy, time management, and lastly the professor.

Upon entering the course I really didn’t know what to expect. This is my first year as a college student, so I was hoping for a smooth first semester. I planned out this semester thoroughly as well as for the following two years. I was skeptical about the course at the beginning, because a few of the individuals that I’ve met mentioned that either the assignments took up too much of their time or their professors wasn’t giving them the right amount of information to work with in the course. Hopefully, with the right professor to guide me through the semester it won’t be as tough. Throughout the semester, the topics that I found most important were true colors, financial literacy, and the Conley Readiness Index. These topics, enhanced my knowledge to grow as a student as well as in my own personal life. Throughout the semester I absorbed numerous information about how to overcome challenges that I might be faced with future courses. Cornerstone has guided me through inconvenient times where I truly believed that I couldn’t get through on my own. It assisted me to always maintain my plan for the next semester and for the next year. The GPS assignment permitted me to be more involved with the student life at FSW. The assignment benefited me in every category when it came to figuring out how I can use time management for the events that I could attend when I did not have class at the same time. I became a more studious student who engrossed themself into more books and studying for the majority of my courses.

To all new freshmen, I would say, base your schedule on what you think that you can handle. Do not overdo it first semester just because you want to sound impressive or show off to your peers. Everybody has time to figure out what they want to do, and your advisors will be such a great help with that. I wish I would have known that you can change your mind an infinite number of times, and in the end everything will be okay. Perfection is almost impossible to obtain, but just persevere through the uncertainty and eventually you will get on the path that you need to be on. The economics advisors are amazing, and especially after taking this course, I will not hesitate to go to them with any questions or concerns that I might have.